Miami Hurricane, February 04, 1977

              Studenls Favor Abolition Of SAFAC Four To One
By ISIDRO GARCIA
And TOM ADAMS
Ol the Hurricant Stall
A poll taken hy the Hurricane indicates that about
Si per cenl of students polled favor transferring control of the Student Activity Fee from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC) to the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG).
Of 40 people polled, 33 said they favor the proposed referendum, five said USBG is not capable of allocating the funds responsibly and two had no opinion.
A special referendum election will be held Feb. 9,
10 and 11 to determine if students favor transferring
control of the Studeni Activity Fee from SAFAC to the
Senate. If students vote for the referendum, the results
would be forwarded in legislative form to Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler who would
then make a decision. Ultimately the Board of Trustees
would have to approve the change.
Comments of students polled:
Frank Green, a junior marketing major: "It's the
same type of people in both situations (USBG and
SAFAC)."
Green said that transferring control of the Student
Activity Fee funds to Ihe Senate would put too much of
a burden on Ihe Senate.
SAFAC Replacement Proposed
By ISIDRO GARCIA
News Editor
Undergraduate Student Body
Government (USBG) Senator
Allan l.ubel and former Senator
Jose Cantillo have finalized plans
on a committee lo be created
within the Senate that will allocate funds to student groups
should control of the Student Activity Fee be transferred to the
Senate.   The   committee's    pro
posed name is UBAC (Undergraduate Budget Allocation Committee).
l.ubel and Cantillo . who
worked on the committee structure last semester, said they
wrote to various universities
whose . student government already control student fees They
also got many of their cotnmltUe
structure ideas from these
universities.
UBAC will consist of eight
voting members and the Speaker
Pro Tern of the Senate, who will
act as chairman of the committee and will have no voting
power.
UBAC members will include
the Chairman of Ihe Fiscal Affairs Committee, two senators
chosen-at-large by the Senale.
and one senator chosen by the
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"Everyone wants the most representative body of
people but if they have a heavy job now it may interfere in the work they're already handling," Green said.
Charlotte Frenlon, a sophomore: "The Senate may
be more favorable because they may understand the
situation better.
"The Senate is chosen by Ihe people of the IChOOl
and direct representation through USBG is belter than
the appointed SAFAC committee "
Warren Sacks, a junior psychology major: "I don't
really know how well the money is being handled now.
I'd have to know the abilities of both groups."
Sacks believes thai "students should be'chosen directly if they can pass an aptitude and decision making
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with it.
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for student gov
Marc Bant J ■ junior georgraphv major: 'i_iie Sen-
.iii should hav mow HQ'rRA'rtV1' nioneywiecause
they have a cloi t relalions"i"\0rni'«.ludents
Alan Miiri^TntVtty\fWtFmmsyy^aumaaamst' nut
Ihat has to be Ihe greatest politicking on Ihe part of
presidential candidate -Mian I ubel There are so many
reasons why USBG shouldn't be allowed near that
money They could never handle their own monies and
they'd use their new !>until fiscal Strength to get even
with everyone who disagrees with them that's without consideration ol the Senate's Incompetence or corruptive tendencies "
Nn-k Daramus, ■ junior htstor) majoi "its good lo
keep the Student Activity Fee in the hands ol a ran
domly selected body; it random 1) chosen group of peo
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THE /WIA
VoLS2.No.31
URMCANE
Friday, Kobruin I. 197"
n. j:;nmi
Education
Program In
\\ esleyToda>
. «
"Emerging Patterns of Gover-
' nance in Higher Kducation" as
they affect students, faculty and administrators will he discussed by
national and local educators at an
all-day conference at UM today.
Open to the public without
charge, sessions will be held in the
Wesley Foundation auditorium,
1210 Miller Drive, with registration
and coffee at 8:30 a.m. and a welcome from UM President Henry
King Stanford at 9 a.m.
Director of the Center for the
Study of Higher Fducation at Pennsylvania State University and President-elect of the Association for the
Study of Higher Education, Dr.
Kenneth P. Mortimer will give the
keynote address. "Recent Developments in College and University
Guidance," at 9:30 a.m.
Also speaking before general sessions will be Dr G. Lester Anderson, professor emeritus, Penn State
and SUNY at Buttalo. who will
present "A Conservative View of
the Future of Higher Fducation" at
1:13 p.m.. and UM Associate Professor of Fducation and Coordinator of
Graduate Programs in Higher fducation Dr. Ann I. Morey who will
discuss "Emerging Patterns of Governance: Some Observations," at
3:45 p.m.
Concurrent sessions scheduled
from 10:4,ri to noon are:
• "Students as Consumers" with
Dr. William Butler. UM vice-president for student affairs, associate
dean of students Don Busha, Florida
International University; and Undergraduate Student Body Government President Susan Havey.
• "Erosion of Faculty Power:
Myth or Reality0" with Dr. Shepard
M Faber, chairman. UM faculty
senate; Dr Lou Kleinman, dean of
the UM School of Fducation, and
Faculty Senate President at Miami-
Dade South Dr. John Sus/.er.
• "(hanging Role of Administrators in Governance" with Rev.
Charles P I aferty, OS A. vice
president for academic affairs. Bis-
cayne College; Fir. Roch Mirabeau,
dean. College of Arts and Sciences,
Miami-Dade   Community   College,
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Dance Marathon Feb. J J
By JANINf ( RA< CHIOI.O
Hurrican. Stall Writ.r
The fourth annual Dance Mara*
thon   begins  Feb.   1 I   in  the  llurri-
i ane ( afeteria.
Check-ln time is id p.m, Friday
nighl with the dam ing to begin one
hour before midnight and continuing for 45 hours until Sunday. I sb
13 al § p.m.
llir money raised will go 10 the
Multiple Si lernsis Association,
"This year we hope to raise anywhere from $10.11011 to 115,000,"
Road Runners Vice-Chairman John
Davidson said.
"I ast year we only raised 15,000
because we weri' so disorganized,
however, this vear we have ,i better
committee, more organization and
grind support from the M.S. Associ
ation,'' Uav idson said,
Twelve students from other
schools participate In the committee
The '77 l)ance-a-lhon will be
i ondUCted differently this vear than
in past years. Competition «'ill be
among the different organization
groups rather than specific Individuals
During tin irr hours of dancing
time, a member from each club
rfiust be on the dance floor, until he
is reliieved by oilier members The
dancing will be In I ontinuous shifts.
All fraternities and sororities
have received sponsor sheets and
Davidson hopes this will spark
some competition between them.
Sponsors are nol only from I'M.
but from other universities, commu
nities, high schools and service 01
ganizations from the Smith Florida
area
I ast  vear. 2r> organizations were
involved, this yeai there w ill be ap-
prnxim.itelv 50, at cording to hav id
son
(ine high school Key Club, w hli h
bus   won   ihe   Dance-a-thon   iirsi
place prize for the past two yeai
will compete
This vear the dance committee
thOUghl II Would he he,I mil to have
a live band because Ihere is too
much time between sm up and
break down of each group
There win be re< ords donated by
Capitol, Columbia and Spec's Record Shop for the dance Refreshments, randy, pop-corn and cookies
will be served lo all dam ers
By DARV MATERA
Amoant N.w\ Editor
UM's McArthui Engineering
Building contains a flre-resistanl
in.oe: ial thai ' inseii eighl elementary   si hoots  in  New   Jei se\   eai liei
this   month    he, ause   the   I nviton-
mental   Protei tion   Agent v   (EPA)
says if Is ,i dangerous pollutant and
possible I ,im e|  i arising agent.
Asbestos, a chemical that is used
as a lm preventatlon i oating, and
foi i easons ol a< oustli i,
sprayed on all the i pilings in the I n-
gineering Building, Aetna Insurant e
i ompan). i M'a insurei. has
tested the amounts ol asbt los liber
i in ulatmg in the building and
found the levels lo be s.tli
i licit- siiii remains a question ol
lilt: cUeci,. .w in, a»t)/>io.s on lm-
long-term tnlwliti.tnis ot t/u out Id-
OIK-
UM's stuff architect. Charles i ;,t
ferman. s.ud he v>. as aware of the
asbestos in the engineering building
and  its  possible   ill  effei ts on  the
buildings residents
"We don'l use ll in < ampus buildings anymore be< ause il has he, omi
outdated," Cotterman said
i nttctmot) uid the health i onsid-
eralion . are probabl)   wh>   thi   m.r
ieri.il is nn longer used in  building
i onstrut tion.
Health Center Director Dr. Eugene Elipse says Ihe health centei
has had no casei ol respiratory illness thai ' ould be dlrei I Ij i elated lo
the I ngineering Building
"A person needs to inhale ,i great
deal nf asbestos over a long period
of time before we could see the el
lecls Ihe unhealthy factors ol as-
bestos i om ems the parti* le ;ize and
whethei it is i oated or covered w nh
Miami-Dade South VP Censors School Paper
By PAT MacEMLtY
Hurrican. Stall Writ.r
To the studenls oi Miami-Dade
Community College South, this is
old news (3 weeks), bui. in reality,
it is older than that and it is always
news
An attempt was made by Dr Ambrose darnei, Smith Campus vice
president, to dictale what the
school newspaper, Ihe Catalyst,
should print.
Garner wrote a letter to The Catalyst, which was published last
month.
The letter attacked the newspaper for three articles it had published, saying one of them, "reflects
a callous disregard for the canons of
journalism."
One article the paper printed was
about faculty unionization l)r darner wrote that the newspaper was
"not qualified to judge this issue.
nor is it anv of the newspaper's
business."
Beneath the letter written by
Garner, Catalyst advisor Mario Garcia, an associate professor of journalism and the director of Student
Publications, answered Dr. Garner's
contention.
Garcia wrote that "Dr. darner's
statements . . . give me a bad taste
of source control and or censorship."
Garcia wrote that the union issue
was orfe which "faculty members
were talking about ... in iheir
classes and it was too obvious an
event for intelligent and dedicated
editors to ignore. I would have
been disappointed had they put the
issue aside
"Anything wh'ch affects the fatuity, eventually affects the students.
A student newspaper has every
right to deal with this or any other
issue as long as it is done responsibly, which again I maintain the
staff of the Catalyst did," Garcia
• wrote.
Dr (iarner sharply criticized an
unrelated article dealing with a student.   According   to   Garcia,   "The
sinrv was read to her over the telephone and we were all great Iv disappointed that there was no comment from anvone at the college "
Garcia asks. "Is a storv partial or
distorted when one side of Ihe Issue
refuses to lomment?"
lb darner also attacked an article dealing with Ihe picketing ol .i
construction site near the school.
dan ia wrote thai fie failed to see
the article as anything but ■ fai Hul
account of a legitimate high v isibih-
lv  news event.
According to ■ Studeni Government Senator at Miami-Dade, these
issues   were   "bantered"   back   and
forth between Ihe Catalyst and 1)1
darner tor about two weeks
studeni Hmiv President Alfonso
I ope/ released ilus statement: "The
studeni Government Association Ol
Mianu-Dade Community College,
South Campus strong!) protests the
implied censorship by the Campus
\ i • President
The Student Senale passed | reso
lution itatlng thai "no one should
be involved In the fournalistii dei I
sums except the new .paper stafl "
it also stated "thai the Studeni Senate ol Miami-Dade Communit) College, smiib Campus strongl) supports the Catalyst and condemns the
ret rm memorandum and actions ol
(ampus Vlce-Presideni Ambrose
Gamei regarding the Catalyst "
Dr. I.n;'i'iie I lijtsr
another  substance    It's   iisiialh   an
industrial problem, ii's i.nel) found
unsafe    in    lalis   and    ell   IT00
Dl    Flipse said
i ed Watts, supei intendenl ol the
engineering building, said   iini p he
has been associated with the strui
ture he has bad no rei ollei lion ol
emplo) ees getting sn k oi rei i i\ ing
workmans ■ ompensation du< to a
besios Inhaliatioti    Aetna ga\ i  Ihe
plan- a i lean bill ol health, and   i
thev   are   wrong,   thev   would   gel
slapped   vim   tne   niggei i   la
ever, sir i figure they  know   ^ hat
they're talking about,' w stta said,
" The majority ol problems affet i
the workers who spra) (he asbestos
mi    As   lor   the   long  ran.
vou n<-vei i ,in tell," he said
l ii   l lip ' saj s ihat it there i   in
question   about    thi ds,   it
iimiiii be i hei ked mil
in New Jerse) eighl elemental \
si hniiis u ere ordered i losed aftei a
pediatrician's statement (hal Ihe
i hronli respirator) illne i uffi red
by one iii ins path ni i ould be
caused by asbestos used mi some
si tiinil ceilings.
I It    Mh haei   Quatrella  <'i   New
ir'; ie) said in .lamia; y thai II
guild possibility thai asbe to
causing respirator) illness in Jo teph
Sarraf, ■> i I yeai old Ram tow n resident
Chinese Students Give
Richter Library $ I *()()()
By CATHY COWELL
Hurrican. Stafl Writ.r
Yun-Yong Chan, President of the
Chinese Student Association, has
presented UM President Henry
King Stanford with a check for $1,-
000
The money is to be used to purchase books on Chinese art and
opera for the Otto G. Ritchter Library.
In November, the Consul General
of the Republic of China stationed
in Atlanta, Georgia fell that UM
should be one of the places the National Opera Theatre of the Republic of China should perform.
The production was presented to
the U.S. as a gesture of friendship
and in celebration for the Bicentennial.
International Student Services
and the Chinese Student Association
at UM began preparations for the
opera that was to appear at Gusman
Concert Hall.
International Students Advisor,
Laura Morgan, Dr Samuel Lee, Advisor to the Chinese Student Association, and Yun-Yong Chan helped in
coordinating the opera. Others were
The  Chinese-American   Benevolent
Association, and the Miami Chinese
The 42-member troupe presented
two operas. The Chinese Opera
combines acrobatics, clowning,
pantomine. dancing and singing together in a performance very unlike
western opera
In silk costumes and painted faces
the actors and actresses introduced
themselves on stage. The troupe's
performance was a tremendous success and a complete sell-out to their
one night appearance in Miami
"It was a beautiful occasion and a
noble gesture on the part of the Chinese The Opera brought to us an
art and culture of China. We were
very fortunate."
Morgan decided that the proceeds
of the opera ($1,000) should go towards the library budget
"After the opera I really wanted
to read a book on Chinese Art. Giving the money for Chinese books
will allow the whole University to
share the thoughtfulness and beauty
of that night," Morgan said
Dr. Stanford said it was the second cash donation he has received
from foreign students this year to
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